Balance pipe

[landy]

Hi All,

Does anyone have a spare exhaust balance pipe for a 350 that they would be prepared to sell? Cosmetic condition unimportant, but must be sound otherwise, mine is pretty rotten and unusable.

Many thanks, Ian

[ainsty rider]

the balance pipe on my 2c, I hacksawed from an old push bike frame, measure it up and go hunting. scrap bikes of course. lol
good luck, roger.

[Steve Brown]

I think there are a couple of types of balance pipe, a straight one and another type with a slight kink in it. Can't help you directly, sorry.

And if ainsty rider wants I have a set of 250 2C front pipes along with the balance pipe, going spare here.

[landy]

Thanks for the suggestion, just need to find a bicycle frame now!

Alternatively, I was going to source some suitable stainless tube, but thought if anyone had a proper one - its straight btw - that might be slightly easier. Ian

[julianharty]

If it's straight then there are lots of vendors on eBay (for instance) who sell stainless steel (and mild steel) tubing and pipes for perhaps £10 - £15 for a suitable length and diameter. I sometimes buy these for general welding and other metal work and have always found the suppliers are prompt and the materials arrive in good condition. Then either a sharp hacksaw or a pipe cutter tool should be enough to help you cut it to length. (I'm assuming you won't have a suitable lathe).

Oh, and there are also vendors of specific exhaust pipe lengths, these tend to have the expanded, split ends (I think they're known as swagged ends) e.g.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Any-Size-Rep ... 2192809933
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-25-2-5-57m ... 3903202648

There are also sellers of exhaust sections that have bends in them, and even flexible exhaust pipe lengths (some sellers will make them to length) e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Exhaust-Pipe ... 2694807184 They're not ideal as they will probably sag (unless you can weld the relevant joints) but might help someone.


Good luck.

Julian

[BumbleBee]

Over the years several people have told us they have successfully cut a section out of the rigid part of the chrome/stainless suction pipe found on cylinder type vacuum cleaners. Makes a good balance pipe apparently.